EUGENE, Oregon — Team USATF’s brightest stars lit up a cloudy Saturday at Hayward Field as three meet records fell and eight world-leading marks were set at the Nike Prefontaine Classic, the third stop on the 2022 World Athletics Diamond League circuit. Repeating the finish order from the last two Olympics, Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs and New Zealand’s Tom Walsh put on a show in the men’s shot put before the rain came down. Crouser, who set a world record in this ring at last year’s Olympic Trials, blasted a huge 23.02m/75-6.25 in the second round. That was the seventh farthest throw in history and Crouser’s fifth career put past 23m. Kovacs had a very impressive series topped by a 22.49m/73-9.5 season best in round three, recording three throws better than 22m. Walsh’s 21.96m/72-0.75 earned him third, just ahead of a season best 21.84m/71-8 by Darrell Hill. Michael Norman powered through the first 300m in the men’s 400m and came off the curve on a mission, pushing through the final stretch to set a Diamond League record and world lead with a 43.60 that is the 10th-fastest time ever by an American and broke the 22-year-old meet record. Norman overtook Tokyo bronze medalist Kirani James of Grenada in the second turn and beat the 2012 Olympic champion by .42 seconds. Vernon Norwood was fourth in 44.66. Even from the start with reigning world champion Christian Coleman to his left, Trayvon Bromell moved away from a star-studded field in the final 20m to authoritatively win the men’s 100m in 9.93. Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley closed well as usual and claimed second in 9.98, with Coleman third in 10.04 and reigning world 200m champion Noah Lyles fourth in 10.05. Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon used a quick pace from the gun to set a world lead by a wide margin and win the women’s 1500m in a U.S. all-comers record of 3:52.59. The pace was hot from the gun, with Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay and Kipyegon lining up right behind the pacer, clicking off a 400m split of 1:00.79 and an 800m split of 2:03.88. At the bell, Tsegay held the lead and maintained it on the back stretch before Kipyegon used an impressive kick to pull away. Tsegay would settle for second in a season best of 3:54.21, just off her lifetime best of 3:54.01. Canadian 1500m record holder Gabriela Debues-Stafford was third in 3:58.62, just holding off American Sinclaire Johnson who finished fourth in a lifetime best and became the No. 7 all-time U.S. performer at 3:58.85. Reigning U.S. champion and Tokyo Olympian Elle Purrier St. Pierre finished in 3:59.68 to finish in sixth place in her season opener at 1500m. Meet record holder Jakob Ingebrigsten became a back-to-back Bowerman mile champion in a world outdoor lead of 3:49.76, unleashing a furious surge at the bell to definitively separate from reigning world 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot and the rest of the field. The race for second would come down the final steps, with Australian Olli Hoare catching Cheruiyot just before the line - finishing second and third in 3:50.65 and 3:50.77, respectively. The action was tight behind them as the top eight finishers were separated by less than two seconds at the finish. Closing very quickly as is his custom, 2021 Trials 1,500m champion Cole Hocker was the top American, finishing fifth in 3:50.97, holding off training partner and fellow University of Oregon star Cooper Teare in a hard-fought sixth. Just behind the professional action, Newbury Park high school star Colin Sahlman became the third fastest U.S. high school miler of all time, finishing 13th in a personal best of 3:56.24. Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the silver medalist in the 100m at Tokyo, moved up a distance and was a convincing winner in the women’s 200m in 22.41. Jenna Prandini was even with Fraser-Pryce entering the straightaway, but 2019 World Championships silver medalist Brittany Brown came on quickly down the stretch to take second in 22.74, while Prandini was fourth in 22.77, the same time as Tamara Clark in fifth. Twenty-year-old Briton Keely Hodgkinson stormed to a world lead of 1:57.72 to win the women’s 800m in a memorable race that produced six women under two minutes. Hodgkinson, the silver medalist at Tokyo last summer, was just off of the lead throughout the race, steps behind Jamaica’s Natoya Goule at 400m in 58.31. Behind them, American Olympians Ajee’ Wilson and Raevyn Rogers moved up throughout the bell lap to join a contingent of women behind Hodgkinson entering the final straight. Wilson and Rogers moved valiantly over the final 100 meters but would settle for second and third in season bests of 1:58.06 and 1:58.44. The race was fast for nearly all racers, as a staggering eight of the nine finishers set season bests. Sage Hurta nabbed a lifetime best of 1:59.59 in fifth. Overcoming a quick start by Tonea Marshall, Puerto Rico’s Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn pulled away over the final three barriers to win the women’s 100m hurdles in 12.45. Marshall ended up third in 12.66, but world record holder and Tokyo silver medalist Keni Harrison had an off day and finished eighth in 12.78. Gabbi Cunningham (12.75) and Anna Cockrell (12.84) had season bests. Four-time Olympic sprint gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica took over the women’s 100m midway through the race and came away with a 10.79 to win over Sha’Carri Richardson, who ran a very solid race to nab a season best 10.92 and beat Tokyo bronze medalist Shericka Jackson of Jamaica by .001. TeeTee Terry also dipped under 11 seconds with a 10.98 in fifth, and Teahna Daniels was eighth in a season best 11.13. Tokyo bronze medalist Alison dos Santos of Brazil controlled the men’s 400m hurdles from the start, as befits the third fastest man in history, winning in a world-leading 47.23. Closing well behind him were Americans Khallifah Rosser and Quincy Hall, and both men recorded lifetime bests at 48.10, with Rosser getting the nod for second by seven-thousandths of a second. CJ Allen finished sixth in a season best 48.76. The women’s 3,000m steeplechase turned into a duel between Norah Jeruto of Kazakhstan and Winfred Yavi of Bahrain as the duo ran away from the field and broke the 9:00 barrier. Jeruto had the better finish to win in 8:57.97, with Yavi at 8:58.71. Former American record holder Emma Coburn ended up eighth in 9:18.19, one place ahead of American record holder Courtney Frerichs, who clocked 9:20.96 in ninth. Katie Rainsberger was 10th in 9:32.13. New Zealand’s Sam Tanner outkicked Britain’s Neil Gourley to win the men’s 1,500m in 3:34.37, with Vincent Ciattei clocking a season best 3:35.07 in third. Sam Prakel ran an outdoor lifetime best 3:36.43 for fourth, while American U20 record holder Hobbs Kessler was fifth in 3:36.63. Kessler’s time is the third fastest ever by a U.S. U20 athlete. Sweden’s Khaddi Sagnia launched herself 6.95m/22-9.75 in round two and held on to win the women’s long jump ahead of Olympic bronze medalist Ese Brume of Nigeria. Tokyo sixth-place finisher Tara Davis was the top American, placing third with a best of 6.73m/22-1, and her Olympic teammate, Quanesha Burks, took fourth at 6.70m/21-11.75. Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia, the fifth-fastest indoor 3,000m man ever, ran away from the pack in the 5,000m, stringing together sub-62 second laps after the pacemakers dropped out. Aregawi went through 3,000m in 7:43.64 and then tacked on a 2:34.45 kilometer to hit 4km in 10:18.09. Chasing the world lead of 12:57.99 set Friday night by Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda, Aregawi shattered the meet record with a 12:50.05 to win by more than 16 seconds. Fans can find a full list of results here. Join the conversation with USATF on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook using the hashtag #USATF.